John Fleming’s guests enjoyed some superb action over the weekend, with porbeagle sharks around the boat almost as soon as they started a drift. The action was confined to the mornings, with sharks seeming to show less interest later, but pollack fishing kept the crews entertained. John has some great photos up, see below for some great fishy action.
John also says the wildlife in the bay has been prolific in the good weather, with birds such as storm petrels every day feeding on the chum slick, along with guillemots, razorbills, herring guls, gannets and fulmars. They also had a minke whale breach alongside the boat and kept pace with them – at 16 knots! Anyone who has fished with John knows he drives the boat like he does his car – no sparing the diesel – so that was a fast whale! (he drives his car slightly faster than 16 knots though…)
Go fishing…
To book fishing with John aboard the Brazen Hussy II, give him a call on 087 7571320
A regular day is between 9am- 6pm from either Rossaveal, Spiddal or Galway depending on species being sought after. Fishing on the inshore reefs for pollock, cod, ling, wrasse, conger eel and mackerel can be reached in 10 minutes from departure, while our offshore reef marks are within 45 minutes of departure. Our ground fishing for tope, spurdog, ray, bullhuss, turbot, plaice and the giant common skate can all be reached within the hour which ensures the most amount of time is spent fishing.
The shark season usually starts at the end of June and runs into late October, this is the ultimate angling adrenaline rush with these hard fighting blue and porbeagle sharks all being tagged and released safely.
Package deals available
Address: Baile an tSagairt, Spiddal, Co. Galway.
Telephone: +353 (0)87 7571320
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Blue Shark Angling Galway,
Phone John Fleming : +353 (0)87 7571320
